Burns in the Emergency Department: A National Perspective

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-5

  Taira, Breena R ^a   Singer, Adam J ^a   Thode Jr , Henry C ^a   Lee, Christopher ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

burns; Emergency Department; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURN; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM; BURNS; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BURNS; CHILD; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UPPER EXTREMITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953614569     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2008.01.009     Document Type: Article

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